[arch-general] Best way to adjust cron.daily or updatedb execution time? (root's crontab?)

rara8avis at aol.com rara8avis at aol.com
Wed Feb 22 16:44:27 EST 2012


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:26:40PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>   What is the best way to set the cron.daily items to run at 3 am.
> Currently they run at 3 pm which is a pain. I have checked the
> cron.daily entries and the other /etc/cron.x directories, but I
> can't find a time setting anywhere. I have checked man crond and
> crontab, but I didn't find a reference to setting the execution time
> globally for cron.daily stuff. I have added an entry to root's
> crontab:
> 
> 0  3  *  *  *  /root/cron/cron-daily
> 
>   Is this where this needs to go?
> 
> -- 
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Try two digit numbers: 00 03 * * * and is your directory /etc/cron-daily or
/etc/cron.daily?

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